Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Full reference: J. L. Yuan and G. Z. Yin. 1998. New polymerid trilobites from the Chefu Formation in early Late Cambrian of eastern Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 37(2):137-172
Parent taxon: Alsataspididae according to S. Peng et al. 2004
See also Jell and Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Araiopleura, Clavatellus, Falanaspis, Hapalopleuridae, Jegorovaia, Jegorovaiidae, Joshuaspis, Macharia, Orometopidae, Orometopus, Pagometopus, Palquiella, Rhadinopleura, Seleneceme, Skljarella, Spirantyx, Torifera, Yumenaspis, Zacompsus
Subtaxa: Gaoloupingia gaoloupingensis Gaoloupingia triangularis
Type: Gaoloupingia gaoloupingensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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